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Automatically Delete Google Chrome Browsing History At Exit

Few days back, I posted a guide to so Firefox users to delete their browsing data at exit. If you use Google Chrome and want to make sure that there is no trace of the websites you visited — here’s how to delete everything when you close Chrome.

Open Google Chrome, click on Wrench menu and select Settings.

Under Settings section, click on Show Advanced Settings.

Find Privacy settings and click on the Content Settings button.

Under Cookies, check the box that says, Clear Cookies and Other Site and Plugin Data When I Close My Browser. This will delete the privacy data and your browsing history every time you exit your browser.

However, there are specific websites that you want to save in your browsing history, for example, Gmail, Facebook or your own site. You can add those websites to the exceptions list. Click on Manage Exceptions buttons under Cookies settings.

Add the URL of the website you want to keep in your browsing history, select Allow from dropdown menu and click OK.

Now, whenever you will close your browser, it will save the data and cookies for that specific website. Groovy!

I’m stuck with Chrome (where I would MUCH rather use Firefox) because some “computer doctor” that I gave my computer to in order to get the cooling fan fixed also did something that caused every page to have a “this page is not secure” message (with no override possible). Bottom line: we need another non-profit to save our lives